Hi Luke,

El 31/03/2011, a las 16:16, Luke Howard escribió:

>> I know abfab is the lower-layer, but I thought the discussion was related 
>> with the possible need to protect the abfab lower-layer BEFORE the EAP 
>> authentication.
> 
> 
> You can protect parts of the conversation that happen before the EAP 
> authentication, you just can't verify them until afterwards.

That is clear.

> 
> There was a separate question in the meeting about protecting application 
> data that happens before EAP authentication (such as SASL mechanism 
> negotiation), I suggested that you could use GSS channel bindings to protect 
> this.

I see.
> Or you could restart the negotiation within an integrity protected channel.

Exactly. That integrity protected channel can be derived from the EAP key 
material and can be used to securely confirm the parameters exchanged during 
the unsecured negotiation phase.

> 
> -- Luke

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